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Grace Lee Whitney, Janice Rand of "Star Trek" dies at 85
your central valley news ^ | 05/03/15 | unknown

Posted on 05/03/2015 9:06:06 PM PDT by Mmogamer

According to Family, Grace Lee Whitney has passed away peacefully this past weekend May 1, 2015 in her Coarsegold home.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: beehive; blonde; bombshell; graceleewhitney; hollywood; janicerand; obituaries; obituary; startrek; yeomanrand
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To: USARightSide

Madera County, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coarsegold,_California


61 posted on 05/04/2015 10:48:13 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Sherman Logan

Roddenberry has a history of such activity as bedding the actresses that were on his productions. He even married one of them.


62 posted on 05/04/2015 10:52:29 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; sickoflibs

RIP

Kirk never hit that, I don’t think. He didn’t think it was ethical to bed his yeoman.

I don’t mean to speak ill or her but she sure didn’t age well, by the time the movies came around....ok she was 50 but...

She aged better than Scotty though, he set phasers to pie and big macs.


63 posted on 05/04/2015 11:12:07 AM PDT by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Impy
She was older than her character. I believe Grace Lee Whitney was 36 when TOS premiered, a year older than Shatner. It's not surprising she showed her age in the 80s and 90s Star Trek. Of course, alcoholism during the time of TOS probably didn't help. Funny thing how they ignore Yeoman Rand when she was with Star Trek from the beginning. Instead the "classic crew" lineup always shows Chekov, when in reality he didn't debut until season 2. The reboot "prequel" films use the season 2 and 3 lineup as well. I'd like to know where Yeoman Rand is in this timeline.

Grace Lee Whitney unfortunately got shafted. The character started out as little more than eye candy, but she could have been developed over three seasons if they had gone that route. Certainly if you had asked Roddenberry who the "major" characters were at the debut of the show in 1966, he would have named Rand before Uhura (a promo still from the pilot shows Kirk, Spock, and Rand). Of course, they'd never admit that today.

64 posted on 05/04/2015 11:24:15 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
She was a red shirt!

Yeah, that thing she wore was just about long enough to be a shirt ...

;'}

I was never clear on what her job was supposed to be.

65 posted on 05/04/2015 11:26:10 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; sickoflibs
Early cast photos of Star Trek (before they cast DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nicholas, or had the red uniforms):


66 posted on 05/04/2015 11:32:15 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: NorthMountain

heh heh

Yeoman in the Navy is/was an peronal or administrative assistant (secretary). She was assigned by Starfleet to Kirk.


67 posted on 05/04/2015 11:35:14 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; GOPsterinMA; stephenjohnbanker; sickoflibs

Aww... damn sad to hear it. Very pretty woman. Always liked her character in Star Trek.

RIP, Grace.

Nigel Terry who played King Arthur in Excalibur, just died too. He was a bit younger though.


68 posted on 05/04/2015 1:01:12 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; stephenjohnbanker; sickoflibs

I remember the episode where they were infected with some kind of skin disease, and she said “Captain, look at my legs...” as she tried to hide the sores.

I remember being very sad at that scene... I was a kid when it on prime time.


69 posted on 05/04/2015 1:04:24 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; stephenjohnbanker

I recall watching Star Trek original run on Friday nights when I was a kid, it was at 930pm or 10pm on NBC and my parents were already in bed.

Then in the 70s they were replayed on our local TV station every day after school, by the 1980s or so I had seen them so many times they were completely boring.

Once in a while one comes up that I still like.


70 posted on 05/04/2015 1:10:17 PM PDT by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: NFHale; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; stephenjohnbanker; sickoflibs

” I was a kid when it on prime time.”

I was 11-12. Loved the original ST.

RIP, gal.


71 posted on 05/04/2015 1:32:05 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Mmogamer

I remember her as a celebrity guest on “Make Me Laugh” (1979–1980).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Me_Laugh

Was a game show where a group of comedians tried to make contestants and one celebrity guest laugh. IIRC the comedian who was tasked with trying to make her laugh was Kip Addotta. His routine started with “ Ooo Star Trek. Every time I saw you on the show I just wanted to beam off.” She started laughing immediatly.


72 posted on 05/04/2015 1:38:26 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Yep. Lots of starlets. But I’ve sometimes seen folks then carry this over and imply (unfairly and inaccurately) that the actresses who guest-starred on “Trek” were similar casting-couch scenarios. That would hardly be the case. Actresses like Madlyn Rhue, Barbara Luna, Nancy Kovack, Joanne Linville, and the dozens of others had solid tv careers going on, and would have slapped the snot out of Roddenberry had he made them such a lewd proposition.

Such actresses hardly had any great ‘need’ to be guesting on “Star Trek.” They had a steady stream of employment via other shows always awaiting them... Gunsmoke, The FBI, The Virginian, Judd for the Defense, Man from UNCLE, Laredo, Mannix, and countless others. Maybe some of these actresses were more vulnerable to such casting-couch propositions when they were younger and unknown, but NOT by the time they were guest-starring on “Star Trek.”


73 posted on 05/04/2015 1:39:56 PM PDT by greene66
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To: greene66

Yeah, good points to note.


74 posted on 05/04/2015 1:41:20 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Nextrush

Yes, I’ve never seen that film (Pretty Maids all in a Row) in its entirity, but have seen large chunks of it several times, before invariably turning it off in disgust. It’s usually touted as a dark comedy, but that just clouds over what seemed to actually be a really ugly, nasty piece of work.


75 posted on 05/04/2015 1:56:46 PM PDT by greene66
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To: spodefly

Yo, man! she’s hot.


76 posted on 05/04/2015 2:10:22 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Lord God help us.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker; NFHale; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; sickoflibs
Fly, fly little sparrow! Her and Leslie Easterbrook look similar. "She aged better than Scotty though, he set phasers to pie and big macs." Uh...wow. Did Scotty ever offend you personally? Such hate; are you confusing Scotty with Bruce Jenner and her irma? :) "Then in the 70s they were replayed on our local TV station every day after school, by the 1980s or so I had seen them so many times they were completely boring." لا يكون مثل هذا السحب، حسنا؟ SPACE BOOBS!!!
77 posted on 05/04/2015 2:39:04 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

I watched ST in re-runs so many times I could tell which episode it was in about 5 seconds. I’d watch it just as much now if it was on. (Maybe I should get the DVDs).


78 posted on 05/04/2015 2:46:06 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: sickoflibs; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; stephenjohnbanker

I remember it being on NBC because of the peacock with all the colors in it... we’d just gotten a Motorola Console Color TV, and I was frigging amazed at the fact that yes... there WAS color on TV...

Hard to imagine that in my lifetime, there was black and white TV. Kids now have no recollection of a time before laptops, cell phones, and Playstations...


79 posted on 05/04/2015 3:03:12 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Mmogamer

RIP, Yoeman.


80 posted on 05/04/2015 3:04:45 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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